That freedom stems from the ruling in a 1969 case in which a group of students wore black armbands to school in order to protest U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. Their Des Moines high school ...

Mahanoy Area Sch. Dist. v. B. L. by and through Levy, 141 S. Ct. 2038 (2021). The United States Supreme Court holds that while schools can sometimes regulate student speech that takes place off ...

The court relied on a number of precedents, including Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, which determined students wearing black arm bands to protest the Vietnam War did ...

Mary Beth and John Tinker continue to add their historic voices to discussions about student speech and First Amendment rights. The Tinker siblings have a unique vantage point: They were two of ...

Professor Adam Benforado discusses Tinker v. Des Moines (1969) — a high-water mark for student speech — and how student speech rights have been eroded since the decision.